Bitteswell, White Cottage And St Mary's Church c.1960
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St Mary's with its late 13th-century tower dominates the east side of the village green. On the south side of the tower is a recess which may once have held a monument. The remainder of the church is dull, but the north transept was added in 1852 by William Parsons (1796- 1857), an interesting local architect. In 1825 he designed Leicester Gaol, and the now- demolished Theatre Royal, Leicester, with Samuel Beazley in 1836. He also designed the Leicestershire and Rutland Lunatic Asylum (1837), now part of the Leicester University campus. Parsons was born at Scraptoft and educated at Billesdon School.
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